Hi, I've done subtree deletion sometimes by sorting based on DN length. Delete longest DNs first and it's certain that they are the leafs. The whole thing can be done in a one-liner. -Joona On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 9:32 PM, Chun Tat David Chu < beyonddc.storage at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi group, > > I figured out how to sort in descending order using ldapsearch. > > By default, it will always sort in ascending order. If I need to sort in > descending then I need to add a "-" prefix before my attribute name. (e.g. > -S -createtimestamp). > > In addition, I can only get the descending search work only if I specify > the sorting to be done by the server by passing the "-x" flag. > > I still have the question about what is the best way to delete a hierarchy > tree using command line utility provided by Fedora-DS package. > > My current plan is to do a ldapsearch with subtree scope and sort the > createtimestamp attribute in descending order. Then take the output and run > it with ldapdelete. > > Thanks! > > David > > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Chun Tat David Chu < > beyonddc.storage at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi group, > > > > I've a question about deleting the hierarchy tree using the Fedora DS > > provided command line utilities (e.g. ldapdelete, ldapsearch, ldapmodify and > > etc). > > > > Originally, I'm using the "ldapdelete" command from the openldapclient > > package with the "-r" flag to do recursive delete on the hierarchy tree, but > > I want to know if there's anyway I can achieve the same effect by using > > command line utilities from the Fedora DS package. > > > > My original thought is to use ldapsearch, set it to return only the "dn" > > attribute and sorted by "createtimestamp" attribute. Then use the returned > > result and run the ldapdelete command. Assuming a child entry must have a > > later "createtimestamp" then parent entry. However, the result returned > > back from ldapsearch is in ascending order of the "createtimestamp" > > attribute. > > > > Is there a way to tell the ldapsearch command to sort returned result in > > descending order? or > > Is there a more efficient way to delete a hierarchy tree through command > > line? > > > > Thanks! > > > > David > > > > > -- > Fedora-directory-users mailing list > Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/389-users/attachments/20080418/40abebf5/attachment.html
